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How We Move Things

Freight volumes are projected to increase by more than 40 percent over the next 30 years, straining our transportation system. As demand for freight in urban areas grow, challenges will increase for “first-mile” movement of goods out of urban factories and ports, and “last-mile” movement of...

How We Move

Our population is expected to grow by almost 70 million over the next three decades—and mid-sized cities are expected to grow at three times the rate of the rest of the country. This growth is expected to strain urban infrastructure across all transportation modes. Travelers in cities today face...

Beyond Traffic Themes

How We Move

44 cities proposed projects to test the use of automated shared use vehicles to help travelers connect to their destinations 

How We Move Things

11 cities envisioned improving urban freight delivery by implementing smarter curb space management (through sensors...

Round One: 78 Applications From Across America

While the cities were diverse, many of the 78 applicants faced similar urban mobility challenges:

Providing first-mile and last- mile service for transit users to connect underserved communities to jobs

The typical job is accessible to only about 27 percent of its...

Smart City Challenge

In December 2015,  we  launched  our  Smart  City  Challenge,  asking  mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated, first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data, applications, and technology to ...

Policy Statement on the No FEAR Act

The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), as amended by the Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020, requires Federal agencies to keep their employees, former employees, and applicants for...